Random Thoughts...or...What's on Your Mind?

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I don't want to travel alone because I would just stay inside and do nothing.

I always travel alone. My dad used to come with me (the last trip we took together was Montréal back in '19) but he doesn't want to be in airports anymore.

As for crowds, I don't mind them much. Except for the 4 train at rush hour in New York City. That's like going to war.

 

[Avro Arrow]

I always travel alone.

You are also a guy and don’t necessarily have the same concerns around personal safety.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

You are also a guy and don’t necessarily have the same concerns around personal safety.

True dat.

But in my own defense, I had absolutely no idea that @Fantasy Lover was a woman. But now that I do know, I understand her point.

To wit: In my freshman year of college, one night I was returning from one of my half hearted attempts to hang around frat row. All of a sudden this girl, who was also walking across campus, makes a beeline straight for me and immediately hooks her arm around my waist. She says, "If anyone asks, we're in love. " I knew exactly what she was talking about (she was drunk and didn't want to get caught out there alone). So as we approached the dorm where we both lived, she disengages and says "Okay, we're not in love anymore" and we both laughed it off then went our separate ways.

So yes, I DO get it.

 

[Jack Wolfe]

The class clown in me has always wanted to go to Communion somewhere (even though I'm not Catholic or Episcopalian), wait for the priest to approach with the wine and crackers, and then start singing, "Pardon me, boy, is that the transubstantiation?" [to the tune of Chattanooga Choo-Choo, obviously]

Yeah, I'm weird.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Happy Veteran's Day to my dad (a Major in the Army Medical Corps) and to my cousin-in-law (Marine Intellligence).

 

[JD]

I can't afford to go anywhere. The only trip we take is the occasional 3.5 hr drive to see my Mom. That's it.

Same here, we haven't been more than 30 minutes away from home in over a decade. The last time we left Arizona was so I could go to Seattle for medical treatment, and that was definitely not a vacation.

True dat.

But in my own defense, I had absolutely no idea that @Fantasy Lover was a woman. But now that I do know, I understand her point.

To wit: In my freshman year of college, one night I was returning from one of my half hearted attempts to hang around frat row. All of a sudden this girl, who was also walking across campus, makes a beeline straight for me and immediately hooks her arm around my waist. She says, "If anyone asks, we're in love. " I knew exactly what she was talking about (she was tipsy and didn't want to get caught out there alone). So as we approached the dorm where we both lived, she disengages and says "Okay, we're not in love anymore" and we both laughed it off then went our separate ways.

So yes, I DO get it.

Before I got sick a couple months ago, I would occasionally got out on walks by myself, and I'd always feel bad when I ended up walking behind a woman who was also by herself. When that did happen, I kind of wanted to yell out I promise I'm not a creep, but I figured that would just make things worse. So instead I always made a point of keeping my distance and not turning down the same street the woman did.

 

[auntiehill]

Was channel-surfing and discovered that TNT is playing "A Christmas Story." Already.

Someone must have triple-dog-dared them..

 

[Commander Troi]

Why doesn't anybody post in the "Your annual vacation/holidays" thread anymore? Does no one around here even TAKE vacations anymore? I feel guilty that I'm the only one who posts in it!

Didn't take one this year; bought a car instead.

 

[scotpens]

The class clown in me has always wanted to go to Communion somewhere (even though I'm not Catholic or Episcopalian), wait for the priest to approach with the wine and crackers, and then start singing, "Pardon me, boy, is that the transubstantiation?" [to the tune of Chattanooga Choo-Choo, obviously]

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[somebuddyX]

I don't want to travel alone because I would just stay inside and do nothing. Plus I already had my annual holiday, I could go during the holidays again but I don't feel like it

The last trip I did in 2013 I flew all the way to San Francisco and New York from Sydney to mostly just spend my time in my AirBnb. I was so depressed.

 

[Set Harth]

When that did happen, I kind of wanted to yell out I promise I'm not a creep, but I figured that would just make things worse.

You figured right!

 

[DarrenTR1970]

I would have thought that with the election over, the robo-calls would have stopped. But no. Every day I'm getting phone calls/texts saying "We've got to save Democracy. If you contribute even just $5. Etc. Etc."

 

[auntiehill]

I would have thought that with the election over, the robo-calls would have stopped. But no. Every day I'm getting phone calls/texts saying "We've got to save Democracy. If you contribute even just $5. Etc. Etc."

I think Democracy has left the building.

 

[Set Harth]

yeah, we're still getting lots of spam calls, but i can't tell if they're political

 

[carcinoGeneticist]

Printers are hellish.

 

[Victoria]

Printers are hellish.

That's why they have devils...

Printer's devil - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[carcinoGeneticist]

That's why they have devils...

Printer's devil - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Looked at the article in question and was greatly disapointed to find that a printer's devil is just a person that runs the printer.

 

[Set Harth]

i would have thought it was the manufacturer.

 

[scotpens]

"Printer's devil" is an old term for an apprentice who performed a number of jobs in a printing shop. It's also the title of a Twilight Zone episode starring Burgess Meredith, Robert Sterling and Patricia Crowley.

 

[fireproof78]

Why doesn't anybody post in the "Your annual vacation/holidays" thread anymore? Does no one around here even TAKE vacations anymore? I feel guilty that I'm the only one who posts in it!

I don't do vacations.